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KansasFest 2018 Laserdisc Game Kevin Savetz
Kevin Hayes, Atari Games Ireland On this interview episode, we take a trip to Ireland, and to the coin-op side of Atari. Kevin Hayes was Controller for Atari Ireland Ltd. in 1978, then became manufacturing director. Later he moved to California where he was VP of Manufacturing for Atari Games, then vice president of Operations. This interview was recorded December 7, 2015. Teaser quote: "They had goats grazing on our property, and ... he killed one of their goats, he slaughtered it. ......
Topics: Atari, Atari Games, arcade games, coin-op games, Ireland, UK, computer history, video game history,...
VCF 2020: Kay Savetz @Atari8BitBot and @AppleIIBot
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This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Kevin Savetz and Carrington Vanston of the Eaten By A Grue podcast. Eaten By A Grue is a game-by-game style of podcast where the intrepid hosts are playing every Infocom game. They both play the game, then discuss it in detail, with and without spoilers. They discuss […]
Kevin Savetz is the team lead of the Ted Nelson Junk Folders Project. He oversees the scanning of new material, as well as funding and hiring of staff to make things run. The project depends on donations to fund the hired scanning employee - roughly $80/day. Please contribute to k@savetz.com.
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Ken Gagne and Kevin Savetz, both experienced in interviews conducted in person, over the phone and over the internet, describe their methods, philosophies and advice for getting the most out of an interview opportunity. They also extensively describe how to MAKE those opportunities happen in the first place.
Topic: Interviews Kevin Savetz Ken Gagne Kansasfest 2016
Kaverns of Kfest by Kevin Savetz Created during Kansasfest 2016 for the Hackfest, this game by Kevin Savetz represents his first effort to write a machine language program on the Apple II. Using the arrow keys to move in various directions, your ship collects green blocks and avoids grey blocks and the walls of the ever-descending cavern. This is version 1.1, which improves on the hackfest entry with a score and final wrap-up.
Topics: Kansasfest, Hackfest, Savetz, Caverns of Mars, Kaverns of KFest, Boo Atari
VCFW 2018 Kay Savetz Bits & Bytes the computer musical
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Feb 1, 2020
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Arthur Dent Infocom Newsletter Envelope, one of the prize-winners in Infocom's Design A Better Envelope contest. Credited to Kevin Savetz, but really by my step-father.
Topics: Infocom, New Zork Times, Status Line, Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, cartoon
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Aug 9, 2016
08/16
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Kevin Savetz takes over the Retro Computing Roundtable, throws away the table, and does a live recording featuring Apple ][ related games. Audience participation and petty arguments are guaranteed.
Topic: RCR Podcast
Some photos I took at VCF Pacific Northwest 2018 pictures. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial. Give credit to Kevin Savetz. This does NOT necessarily mean you can use pictures of individuals without their permission.
Topics: Vintage Comptuer Festival, Living Computer Museum
The NetAnswers Internet Extra was a newsletter about using the Internet that was written by Kevin Savetz and published from September 1997 through September 1999 on a CompuServe Internet forum. This archive contains every issue as well as a proposal for a CompuServe forum about the Internet.
Topics: early Internet, CompuServe, Internet history, Internet newsletter
Unedited interview with Dale Yocum, Atari employee from 1979-1983. Dale was founder and manager of Atari Program Exchange, was Applications Software Supervisor for Atari 400/800, and was Research Engineering Manager at Atari under Alan Kay. Interviewed by Kevin Savetz (savetz.com) on August 2 2014. An edited version of this interview appears in episode 14 of Antic: the Atari 8-bit Podcast (www.AtariPodcast.com)
Topics: Atari Computers, Atari 800, APX, Atari Program Exchange, Alan Kay
I really hate nostalgia sources: Duke Ellington Swampy River (1928) public domain archive.org/details/DukeEllingt…mpyRiver1928_201507 Dr. Julia Shaw, forensic psychologist and author of The Memory Illusion on Innovation Hub, used without permission blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-hub/20…12/1/shaw-memory/ mashed by Kevin Savetz on 12/5/16
Topics: nostalgia, memory, found sound
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Apr 27, 2016
04/16
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Internet Multicasting Service Document Repository Plug In, Log On, Tune In Kevin M. Savetz Microtimes
Topics: Internet Talk Radio, Press
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Jul 12, 2014
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Interview with Fernando Herrera, co-founder of First Star Software, author of popular games for the Atari 8-bit computers including My First Alphabet, Astro Chase, and Space Chase. Herrera won Atari's first Atari Star award in 1981 for My First Alphabet. Interviewed by Kevin Savetz (savetz.com) on July 11 2014. An edited version of this interview appears in episode 13 of Antic: the Atari 8-bit Podcast (www.AtariPodcast.com)
Topics: Fernando Herrera, First Star Software, Astro Chase, My First Alphabet, Space Chase, Atari 8-bit,...
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Aug 10, 2017
08/17
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TIME TALKER: this is a small stack that makes your Mac speak the time. Using a digitized voice, it breaks the system time into chunks, then speaks them. You can use this as a stand-alone stack, or use the code in your own stack. If you like my voice, fine, or use your own voice, or teach it Swedish, or whatever. $5 shareware. Send feedback to Kevin Savetz (Internet: 'savetz@rahul.net' or America Online: 'Savetz')
Topics: hypercard, hypercard_stack, hypercard_miscellaneous
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Nov 12, 2015
11/15
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Kansasfest 2015: Interviews: Save the community's stories, by Kevin Savetz. I have done dozens of interviews of Atari people for the ANTIC podcast, from CEOs, to coders, magazine publishers to manual writers, to at-home crackers. By doing so, I've created a trove of oral history about the early computing community. (Bonus: In the process, I've unearthed source code and design documents that have never before been public.) I'll share some particularly interesting snippets, and tell you exactly...
Topic: Kansasfest 2015 Sessions, How To Get Interviews, AtariPodcast.com, ANTIC Podcast, Atari 8-bit,...
The FBI's response to my FOIA request asking for information in their files about Antic and STart Magazines, which were magazines related to Atari computers. Here is the text of my request: Requester: Kevin Savetz [address redacted] Portland OR [ZIP redacted] [phone number redacted] [email address redacted] This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to "Antic" magazine and "STart" magazine from years 1975 through 2000....
Topics: Antic Magazine, STart Magazine, Atari magazines, Atari computers, computer magazines, FBI FOIA,...
Scholastic Microzine interviews — Amy Kefauver and Lorri Hopping Hi, I am Kevin Savetz. I normally do interviews with Atari-related people for ANTIC: The Atari 8-Bit Podcast, but today: two interviews with people who created Microzine, an educational magazine that was published for Apple ][ computers. Amy Kefauver was an editor at Scholastic from 1985 through 1988, where she was responsible for the creation and production of Scholastic Microzine, a 5-per-year software "magazine" for...
Topics: Scholastic Microzine, Apple ][, Apple 2, Apple II, educational software, Scholastic, Twistaplot...
The FBI's response to my FOIA request asking for information in their files about Jack Tramiel. Here is the text of my request: Requester: Kevin Savetz [address redacted] Portland OR 97239 [phone number redacted] [email redacted] This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I request access to and copies of main files and the cross references to the individual Jack Tramiel, AKA Jacek Trzmiel, born December 13, 1928 in Poland. Jack Tramiel was founder of Commodore International and...
Topics: FBI, FOIA, Jack Tramiel, Atari, Commodore, Commodore International, FOIPA
Special episode of ANTIC - The Atari 8-Bit Podcast focusing on Atari Computer Camps. Includes audio and script. " Hello campers — I’m Kevin Savetz and this is a special episode of Antic, the Atari 8bit podcast. Today, we’re going to camp — Atari computer camp. In 1982 and 1983 Atari ran camps for kids aged 10 to 18. So I really wanted to go to one of these camps when I was a kid. I saw the ad in some computer magazine, or probably the article in Antic magazine. I asked my mom,...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari computer camps, Camp Atari, The Magic Room, PILOT computer...
On July 8, 2014 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Coleco from 1932 through 2000. On December 20 2014, I received a CD-ROM with a response regarding Coleco. They sent 227 pages of reports, handwritten notes, transcripts, and photographs relating to the theft of 890 “Smurf Power Cycles” from a truck stop in Opal, VA in October 1982. That was all; a lot of material about the one incident. Here is the text of my request: Kevin...
Topics: FOIA, FBI, Coleco, Smurf Power Cycle, Zarn Inc., ColecoVision, Coleco, Connecticut Leather Company,...
The FBI's response to my FOIA request asking for information in their files about Mattel's computer and video game products. Here is the text of my request: Requester: Kevin Savetz [address redacted] Portland OR [ZIP redacted] [phone number redacted] [email address redacted] This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to the company Mattel, also known as Mattel Creations, Mattel Electronics, and Optigan Corporation. Date range: 1945 to...
Topics: Mattel, Mattel Electronics, Intellivision, Mattel Aquarius
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Aug 2, 2017
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Five members of one family are pitted against five members of another family. Each team's goal is to guess the results of audience survey questions, which of course are all about the Apple ][. Hilarity ensues! Hosted by Kevin Savetz and assisted by Ken Gagne.
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May 15, 2015
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Kevin interviews Bill Wilkinson, of Optimized Systems Software fame.
Topics: Optimized Systems Software, OSS, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, interview, Atari DOS, Atari...
On June 26, 2016 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Alan Ackerman and the companies he co-founded, MPP and Supra. Their response is attached. Short answer: the FBI found no relevant records. Here is the text of my request: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to Alan Ackerman and the companies owned by Mr. Ackerman. He was born in California, but Mr. Ackerman and his...
Topics: MPP, Microbits Peripheral Products, Ana Ackerman, FBI, FOIA, FOIPA, freedom of information act
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May 13, 2015
05/15
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Kevin interviews John Henson - The New Aladdin Magazine - a disk magazine for the Atari 8-bit and Atari ST computers.
Topics: The New Aladdin Magazine, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Atari 400, Atari 800, disk magazines, early...
On August 1, 2016 I filed a freedom of information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Seymour Papert. Their response is attached. Here is the text of my request. Requester: Kevin Savetz [contact info redacted] This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to mathematician Seymour Papert. He died in July 2016. Proof of Mr. Papert’s death is here attached as a PDF (source is...
Topics: Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, FBI, Seymour Papert
The FBI's response to my FOIA request asking for information in their files about Commodore International. Here is the text of my request: Requester: Kevin Savetz [address redacted] Portland OR [ZIP redacted] [phone number redacted] [email redacted] This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I request access to and copies of main files and the cross references to the corporation(s) known as Commodore International / Commodore International Limited / Commodore Business Machines /...
Topics: Commodore International, FOIA, FBI, FOIPA, Commodore International Limited, Commodore Business...
On December 20, 2014 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Imagic from 1981 through 1986. On December 24 2014, the FBI sent a response, indicating that they were unable to find any relevant records. Here is the text of my request: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to the company Imagic, which was based in California. Date range: 1981 though 1986. I also request that, if...
Topics: Imagic, video game company, video games, FBI, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
An interview with Mike Albaugh, who worked at Atari Corp. for about 25 years and was the programmer of the Atari 400/800 in-store demonstration program. The interview was conducted on November 15, 2013 via Skype. The interviewer is Kevin Savetz (http://savetz.com) This is the complete, unedited version of the interview. An edited version is in episode 6 of "Antic -- the Atari 8-Bit Podcast" (http://www.AtariPodcast.com). Topics of discussion: Getting hired at Atari, Atari Boxing...
Topics: Atari, demoscene, arcade games, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800
On February 6, 2016 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Marvin Minsky. Their response is attached. Short answer: the FBI found no relevant records. Here is the text of my request: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to Marvin Minsky, the artificial intelligence pioneer. He was born August 9, 1927 in New York City, NY and died January 24, 2016 in Boston, MA Proof of Mr....
Topics: Marvin Minsky, FBI, FOIA request, FOIA, artificial intelligence
In October 2014 Gray Chang sent me a box of ephemera from his days programming Atari computer games. Gray is author of Dog Daze, Dog Daze Deluxe, Bumpomov's Dogs, and Claim Jumper for the Atari 400/800 computers. The material in the box, and in this archive, includes: Bumper sticker ideas Concepts for bumper stickers for Bumpomov's Dogs. Unknown if stickers were actually produced. Bumpomov's Dogs - draft description Draft description of Bumpomov's Dogs for the Atari Program Exchange...
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Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Gray Chang, Atari Program Exchange, APX, Synapse Software, Dog...
On July 9, 2015 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Loyd Dorsett . Their response is attached. Short answer: the FBI found no relevant records. Here is the text of my request: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am requesting any and all files relating to Loyd G. Dorsett and the companies owned by Mr. Dorsett. Mr. Dorsett and his companies were primarily located in the state of Oklahoma. His companies include...
Topics: Loyd Dorsett, Dorsett Educational Systems, FBI, FOIA request, FOIA
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May 14, 2015
05/15
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Ihor Wolosenko was co-founder of Synapse software, the company that brought us SynFile and SynCalc, and an amazing list of games including Blue Max, Zeppelin, Fort Apocalypse, Alley Cat and Shamus. And Nautilus, and Rainbow Walker, and Protector II, and others. Kevin interviewed Ihor on December 23, 2014.
Topics: Synapse software, SynFile, SynCalc, Atari 8-bit, Apple 2, Apple ][, Commodore 64, interview
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May 13, 2015
05/15
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Larry Liberty had what many kids in the '80s would have considered a dream job: focus tester for Atari 5200 games. He tested Space Dungeon and Vanguard when he was around 12 years old. Larry tells Kevin all about it in this short interview.
Topics: Atari 5200, Atari, Focus testing, video game testing, Space Dungeon, Vanguard
On December 20, 2014 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Activision and Infocom from 1979 through 2000. On December 31 2014, the FBI sent a response, indicating that they were unable to find any relevant records. UPDATE: On January 3, 2018 I sent a new FOIA request expanding the initial search from the Central Records System to: FBI Headquarters, and all field offices, main index as well as a all cross references. On October 30 2018,...
Topics: Activision, Infocom, video games, text adventures, interactive fiction
Tony Nicholson and John Babinchak II, Hi-Res Magazine In this episode, two interviews for the price of one: two people who helped create Hi-Res Magazine — the computer magazine that only published four issues. First, we’ll hear from Tony Nicholson, the publisher of Hi-Res magazine; then John Babinchak, the editor of the magazine. Hi-Res was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 computers. It was published from late 1983 to early 1984. Although they didn’t...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 800, Atari 400, Commodore 64, Atari VCS, Hi-Res Magazine, Atari magazines,...
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Oct 1, 2013
10/13
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An interview with Chris Crawford, who was creator of the Atari 8-bit games Eastern Front (1941), Energy Czar, Scram, Gossip, Excalibur, and Legionnaire. He also created the games Balance of Power, Patton Versus Rommel, Trust & Betrayal, Guns & Butter, Patton Strikes Back, Balance of the Planet, Le Morte D’Arthur. He is co-author of the book De Re Atari and author of The Art of Computer Game Design. The interview was conducted on September 9, 2013 via Skype. The interviewer is Kevin...
Topics: Jacksonville, Oregon, Trust and Betrayal, Balance of Power, Eastern Front (1941), the Battle of...
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May 6, 2020
05/20
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Wes Newell, Newell Industries Wes Newell was founder of Newell Industries, a company that produced a number of popular hardware upgrades for the Atari 8-bit computers. Products included Fastchip, which sped up floating point routines by 300%; Omniview, which provided 80-column text output; and RAMrod, which provided memory upgrades and enhanced ROMs; and Omnimon, a hardware monitor. Wes was also author of Pro Bowling, which was published by Atari Program Exchange. This interview took place on...
Topics: interview, computer history, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari Program Exchange, APX
Russ Wetmore: Preppie!, Sea Dragon, Homepak Russ Wetmore started at Adventure International, where he worked with Scott Adams on Savage Island Part II. He then went on to program Preppie!, Preppie! II, and Sea Dragon - all of which were published by Adventure International - and Homepak business software, which was published by Batteries Included. This interview took place on September 24, 2015, and then a little bit more on January 4, 2016. After the main interview took place, Russ sent me...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Preppie, Preppie II, Sea Dragon, Lulu, Atari computer games,...
This is a different sort of interview. Kevin talked to three old friends reminiscing about their Atari days. Those friends are Dean Wittmann, Max Derhak and Dean Derhak (Max and Dean are brothers.) These guys were best friends, Atari pals living in Salt Lake City, Utah area going to Atari computer club meetings, cracking programs, and running a BBS. This interview was conducted on September 27, 2014 over Skype.
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, BBS, Atari BBS, hacking, Encore Video Productions
On June 25, 2014 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to magazine publisher Wayne Green. On December 10 2014, I received a CD-ROM with a response regarding Green. They sent 42 pages of reports, handwritten notes, transcripts, and photographs. On August 27, 2016, I received two additional pages from the FBI which had been vetted by the CIA, which I have added to these files. An interesting bit therein: "It is certainly possible that...
Topics: Wayne Green, Wayne Sanger Green II, 73 Magazine, Byte Magazine, Kilobaud Microcomputing, Wayne...
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May 15, 2015
05/15
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Kevin Savetz's interview with Dave Small. Dave was half of the prolific writing and software team Dave and Sandy Small. He wrote the Outpost: Atari column in Creative Computing magazine, and the book Creative Atari. He also wrote for ANALOG, Antic, and Current Notes magazines. He was co-founder of LE Systems, a company that made disk duplicating hardware and the Integrator hard drive interface; and Gadgets By Small. He created Magic Sac and Spectre GCR, emulators that let you run Mac software...
Topics: Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Compute! Magazine, Atari magazines, LE Systems, Gadgets By...
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May 12, 2020
05/20
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This is ANTIC, the Atari 8-bit podcast. I’m Kevin Savetz. I love old computers. If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a while, you knew that already. I also love musical theater. So when I found out about Bits & Bytes, a 1983 musical about computers — well, that’s right in my wheelhouse. Bits & Bytes was an educational touring production, created by South Coast Repertory Theater, a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California. It was a 45-minute...
Topics: interview, computer history, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, musical theater, educational play,...
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May 9, 2020
05/20
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Kevin Savetz
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Charles Clinton Charles Clinton was a contractor who worked on AtariLab, which was developed at Swarthmore College. This interview took place on August 14, 2016 at Vintage Computer Festival West XI. In it, we discuss Priscilla Laws, whom I previously interviewed. Priscilla Laws interview
Topics: interview, computer history, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, AtariLab, Swarthmore College
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May 9, 2020
05/20
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Kevin Savetz
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Joe Grande, Monkey Up A Tree Joe Grande published one program for the Atari computers: Monkey Up A Tree was published by Atari Program Exchange, and first appeared in the winter 1982-1983 APX catalog. This interview took place on March 14, 2017. Monkey Up A Tree in the winter 1982 APX catalog
Topics: interview, computer history, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari Program Exchange, APX
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May 14, 2020
05/20
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Rik Dickinson, Encore Video Productions Rik Dickinson is founder of Encore Video Productions, a company that rented Atari 8-bit computers to hotels for use as character generators. The computers would show information about the hotel on channel 2 of guests' televisions. This was part of a service that Encore offered to provide in-room movies that ran off videotapes. The tape machines ran on a timer, and when the movie ended, the video feed switched back to the text information displayed by the...
Topics: interview, computer history, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari character generator
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May 13, 2020
05/20
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Kevin Savetz
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Youth Advisory Board: Robert Allbritton This is the fourth episode in a series of interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. Robert Allbritton was one of the 20 kids who, in 1983, were accepted into the Youth Advisory Board, a group of teenagers who were able to take a trip to Atari's headquarters in California, enjoy free 1200XL computers, and he even got to work at Atari's booth at the Consumer Electronics Show. Robert was, and still is, friends with John Dickerson,...
Topics: interview, computer history, Atari 8-bit, Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari Youth Advisory Board
